Person

Thomas Sankara

Acting · 1949–1987 · Bat Yam, Israel

Thomas Isidore Noël Sankara (Yako, December 21, 1949 – Ouagadougou, October 15, 1987) was a military officer, Marxist revolutionary, Pan-Africanist, and political leader of Burkina Faso. He was a popular captain and the Prime Minister when the country was still called the Republic of Upper Volta. Shortly thereafter, he became the fifth Voltan president since the liberation from French rule and the first president of Burkina Faso.

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  Thomas Sankara: The Upright Man

  Self (archive footage)

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  Concerning Violence

  Self - President of Burkina Faso (archive footage)

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  Capitaine Thomas Sankara

  Self (archive footage)

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  Thomas Sankara

  1991

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  Laissez-faire

  Self (archive footage)

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  Sankara ... And That Day They Killed Happiness

  2013

• 2015Laissez-faireSelf (archive footage)
• 2014Concerning ViolenceSelf - President of Burkina Faso (archive footage)
• 2013Sankara ... And That Day They Killed Happiness
• 2012Capitaine Thomas SankaraSelf (archive footage)
• 2006Thomas Sankara: The Upright ManSelf (archive footage)
• 1991Thomas Sankara